I have written a library that I used to compile using a self-written Makefile, but now I want to switch to cmake. The tree looks like this (I removed all the irrelevant files): . ├── include │ ├── animation.h │ ├── buffers.h │ ├── … │ ├── vertex.h │ └── world.h └── src ├── animation.cpp … Read more
I am considering switching a cross platform project from separate build management systems in Visual C++, XCode and makefiles to CMake. One essential feature I need is to add automatically all files in a directory to a target. While this is easy to do with make, it is not easily doable with Visual C++ and … Read more
I have a directory structure for my C++ code which goes like this : | |->include |->src I am writing a CMakeLists.txt file for my code. I want to understand the difference between include_directories and target_include_directories in CMake. What is the difference between their usage and in order to add my include file path which … Read more
I am trying to install a software that uses cmake to install itself. When I run cmake .. on the command line, it gives me following error in the CMakeLists.txt on the line that says find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED): — Could NOT find Git (missing: GIT_EXECUTABLE) ZLib include dirs: /usr/include ZLib libraries: /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libz.so Compiling with SSL support … Read more
I’m trying to get a cross-plattform build system working using CMake. Now the software has a few dependencies. I compiled them myself and installed them on my system. Some example files which got installed: — Installing: /usr/local/share/SomeLib/SomeDir/somefile — Installing: /usr/local/share/SomeLib/SomeDir/someotherfile — Installing: /usr/local/lib/SomeLib/somesharedlibrary — Installing: /usr/local/lib/SomeLib/cmake/FindSomeLib.cmake — Installing: /usr/local/lib/SomeLib/cmake/HelperFile.cmake Now CMake has a find_package() which … Read more
I’m not asking this for just myself. I hope this question will be a reference for the many newbies who like me, found it utterly perplexing about what exactly what was going on behind the scenes when for such a small CMakeLists.txt file cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.6) project(Tutorial) add_executable(Tutorial tutorial.cpp) and such a small tutorial.cpp int … Read more
I’m asking this as a reminder to myself the next time I use CMake. It never sticks, and Google results aren’t great. What’s the syntax to set and use variables in CMake? 3 Answers 3
I’m currently constructing a project with a plugin structure. I’m using CMake to compile the project. The plugins are compiled in separate directories. My problem is that CMake compiles and saves the binaries and plugins, dynamic libraries, in the directory structure of the source. How do I make CMake save the files in something like … Read more
I’m running RHEL 5.1 and use gcc. How I tell cmake to add -pthread to compilation and linking? 4 Answers 4
I’m wondering if there is a way to print out all accessible variables in CMake. I’m not interested in the CMake variables – as in the –help-variables option. I’m talking about my variables that I defined, or the variables defined by included scripts. I’m currently including: INCLUDE (${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/CMakeBackwardCompatibilityCXX.cmake) And I was hoping that I could … Read more
